waterlogged
Americanadjective
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so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship.
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excessively saturated with or as if with water.
waterlogged ground; waterlogged with fatigue.
adjective
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saturated with water
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(of a vessel still afloat) having taken in so much water as to be unmanageable
Etymology
Origin of waterlogged
1760–70; water + log 1 (apparently in v. sense “(of water) to accumulate in a ship”) + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Waterlogged soil that froze during the winter and heavy precipitation also contributed to the flooding, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Waterlogged trees, known as “deadheads,” can partly sink or drift at angles where they’re mostly underwater, he said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023
"Waterlogged fields are no use to farmers," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2016
Waterlogged streets were full of debris early Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2014
Waterlogged as she was, it had only needed that last great sea to send her down bodily.
From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick
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